The Gift of Quilting
03-02-2011, 08:24 PM
#52
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Thank you for your story.I truly understand the gift of quilting. It made me think of my Grandmother. She taught me how to quilt when I was nine years old. She never went to school because being the oldest in a family of nine, she had to stay home and help with raising the others. She could not read or write, but the wisdom and time she gave to me meant the world. I have three of her quilts. I even have the blocks of her last quilt she tried to make after her stroke. Someday, I will finish it. Thanks again for telling your story.
03-03-2011, 03:06 AM
#53
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Location: Some where in way out West Texas
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What a wonderful thing for you to do. I love the fact that you are taking "your time" to give to your Mom and others in today's busy world. Too often many tend to forget the elderly and "just don't have time today" . I'm sure your Mom and these others always had "some time" for their own loved ones and never gave it a second thought. I am sure there are so many memories you hand work and visits bring to those who are in the nursing home. Thanks for being one of "God's Earthly Angels" to be there for others if only just to bring back memories for them. Both of my parents are deceased. I would love to have an opportunity to do this for either of them, or to just visit with them again. Mother has been gone for 20 years now and we were such Good Friends she loved to crochet, and I loved to sew. I miss her soooo much. Please enjoy your precious time you have left with your Mom.
03-03-2011, 12:31 PM
#54
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What a precious story and priceless memories you are making. You probably have no idea how you are touching those other residents. My DH's grandmother, even in her last days continued to move her hands as if she was doing embroidery or crochet. We could tell by the way she held her fingers. One nurse even asked if we wanted her hands tied...I told her NO...her mind is where she was happiest making things for others.
03-03-2011, 07:51 PM
#58
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Location: Sulphur Springs, Texas
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What a wonderful way to incorporate and honor the legacy of quilting. As a nurse who has worked with dementia and Alzheimer's patient for years, it sounds as you have identified a method that touches the deepest memories and hearts of the patients. Thank you for giving back.
What a wonderful way to incorporate and honor the legacy of quilting. As a nurse who has worked with dementia and Alzheimer's patient for years, it sounds as you have identified a method that touches the deepest memories and hearts of the patients. Thank you for giving back.
03-03-2011, 07:57 PM
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Location: TN
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What a beautiful story thank you for sharing that with us. My first job out of nursing school was at a nursing home and it meant so much to the patients to have people to come and spend time with them and share things that they were doing.
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